1. PRINTED: All samples are printed though the Anthrax letters are all caps and the Sniper note is in both upper & lower case.
2. TOP CENTER The Anthrax letters have the date centered at the top of the page. The Sniper letter has the page number centered at the top of the page. (Unlikely positions for most, I think).
3. SPACING All samples have exaggerated spacing between words.
4. LINE IT UP There appears to be an habitual effort to line things up. In the Anthrax letters, the text is brief and take only one line but the left margin is strong and there is an attempt to line other words up. In the sniper letter, the text is longer, taking up two lines but "indenting" to line things up is apparent.
5. SPELLING There are mispelled words in both cases.
6. TEXT The contents of the text is similar; a threat and instructions; We have anthrax, take Penacilin. We have a gun, deposit money. HOWEVER, once the news of a possible Anthrax attack was in the media, they continued and deposited 2 more letters (to the Senators) in the mail AND once the sniper letter was out, they continued and killed five more people. SO, THE INSTRUCTIONS WERE NOT INSTRUCTIONS IN FACT BUT MERE "INSIDERS KNOWLEDGE" AND ADDITIONAL MEDIA EXPOSURE. My best guess is that, as usual, the terrorists WATCHED our entire response, particularly how our leaders were protected.
I have little doubt that Mohammed "the Sniper" is associated with the terrorists and is willing to accept the death penalty as his martyrdom. Malvo probably doesn't know how that association worked but I do believe we will find his achiles heel before we are done and he will scream "I hate America" and Americans for everyone to hear.
The big lightbulb for me was: Malvo's last day at school was October 5th, 2001, the day Steven's (AMI) died. He told no one and arrived at the Mission in Washington State on October 20th.
He had had perfect attendance at the school. It is four days by bus to Washington. Where was he for 10 days??
Victim from Gainesville, attended UF (background of sniper victim, Linda Franklin
To: aristeides
It has been reported that her work assignment was in the area of financial crimes. Had she been assigned to the OHS, she likely would have been working side by side with US Customs analysts and investigators who now are employed by the lead agency tracking and seizing the financial assets of terrorist networks worldwide under the umbrella of Operation Green Quest, a multi-agency task force.....
12 posted on 10/16/2002 11:37 AM CDT by tracer
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It has been reported that her work assignment was in the area of financial crimes.
But she was with NIPC, doing cybercrimes, yes? I thought that might be Nigerian bank frauds and similar stuff.